NGC 1808

NGC 1808
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1808 taken using WFPC2.[1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Columba[1]
Right ascension	5h 7m 42.3s[2]
Declination	-37° 30′ 47″[2]
Redshift	995 ± 4 km/s[2]
Type	(R')SAB(s)b
Apparent dimensions (V)	6′.5 × 3′.9[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.8[2]
Other designations
PGC 16779[2]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 1808 is a Seyfert galaxy located in the constellation Columba. Supernova 1993 af went off in NGC 1808.^[3]

A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the center of NGC 1808. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.

External links

• Hubble Heritage site: Pictures and description

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "HubbleSite - NewsCenter - Hubble Captures the Heart of Star Birth". http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1998/12/fastfacts/. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1808. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 
3. ^ Haumy et al.., 1996 Astronomical Journal v.112, p.2408